I was weak, once. I used to cling to the presence of unhealthy people in my life - a reflection of all the craters I needed to fill within myself, but was incessantly trying to fill with all the lies of someone else. If they cause the damage - then surely they should be responsible for fixing it, no? No. How are we supposed to learn to fix the damage that we didn’t cause? I thought maybe if I covered myself in enough of these flaws, the surface would be smooth again, instead of filling the voids and smoothing them out the right way - like holes in a wall where a piece of artwork used to hang. But when you didn’t drill the hook right, and you keep trying to drill into the same spot until it becomes so loose it could never hold what you wanted to hang in the first place, it hits the floor and transforms. Fortunately the artwork inside is still safe - you just need a new frame, you just have to learn to stop trying the same things that aren’t working - you can’t exhibit your healing without fixing what’s hurting.🌹 • #redhead #ginger #curlyhair #poetry #writer